{"id":67981,"date":"2015-10-15T20:26:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T19:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/?p=67981"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:57:18","slug":"salinas-archaeological-museum-of-palermo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sicile-sicilia.net\/en\/salinas-archaeological-museum-of-palermo","title":{"rendered":"Salinas Archaeological Museum of Palermo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Antonio Salinas Archaeological Museum<\/strong> is housed in the former convent of the Philippine Fathers, whose Oratory of Saint Ignatius. It is one of the most important archaeological museums in Sicily for Punic, Greek and Roman art.
It takes its name from the archaeologist Antonio Salinas<\/strong> who excavated in Sicily after 1873 and bequeathed a large part of his personal collection to the museum, including a vast collection of numismatic pieces and archaeological documents.
The first nucleus of the collection was established by the Jesuit Ignazio Salnitro in the 18th century. <\/p>\n

The Philippine convent<\/h2>\n
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Entrance atrium, Fountain of the Triton<\/p><\/div>\n

The building was constructed in the 16th century around three cloisters, two of which are still intact, with loggias, and chapels including the church of Sant’Ignazio and the oratory of San Filippo Neri. Only a few structures of the first Renaissance courtyard with its arches and columns remain.
The convent was confiscated from the congregation in 1866 to become the seat of the national museum.
In one of the courtyards, there are two 16th-century doors and in the centre the 16th-century Fountain of the Triton. On the first floor the chapel is adorned with 17th-century decorations and on the second floor is the beautiful 17th-century loggia with a majolica floor.<\/p>\n

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